Display-stand.



PATENTED' APR. 14, 1903.

H. I. & M. A. LURYE. DISPLAY. STAND.

APP-LIOATION FILED MAR. 31, 1902.

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HENRY I. LURYE AND MYRON A. LURYE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNORS OF ONE-HALF TO NAUM WOLFEBT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DISPLAY-STAN D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 725,625, dated April 14, 1903. v

Application filed March 31,1902. Serial No. 100,785. (No model.)

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY I. LURYE and MYRON A. LURYE, citizens of the United States, residing in Manhattan borough, New

York city, in the county and State of New York,have invented new and useful Improvements in Display-Stands, of which the following is a specification. 1 7

This invention relates to a stand which can be readily adapted to various articles or conditions, such as larger or smaller goods or varying size or space, and which can be conveniently packed or stored when required.

The invention resides in the novel features of construction set forth in the following specification and claims, and illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which-- Figure l is a front elevation of the displaystand. Fig. 2 is aside view thereof. Fig. 3 shows the standin'collap'sed form. Fig. 4 is a top view of the stand.

This invention relates to a collapsible display-stand, with both the stand and the supports therefor capable of being folded.

The shelves of the display-stand are shown at Ct and can either be made solid or of skeleton form, according to the articles to be displayed. For example, for hosiery, neckties, and the like rods are preferred to shelves, as the rods allow such articles to be suitably suspended or hung for display. To the said shelves or rods a are pivoted a series of lazy: tongs b, so that the shelves or rods can be spread apart or packed close together with: out the shelves losing the level or taking the shelves from the standards or supports 0, thus occupying but little space, and the cleaning of the window in which the stand is placed is facilitated. To each side of the lazy-tongs b are fastened the gudgeons d, turning in slots 6, located in' the upper portion of the said standards or supports 0. The braces f are pivoted to the lower portion of the said standards c and have their upper ends fastened by the thumb-screws g to each side of the upper shelf, so as to prevent the shelves from collapsing or swinging when set in position. The said standards 0 are hinged to a base 72 and are provided with the hinged braces t', so that the said standards can be conveniently folded when not in use. The reference-letter t" denotes stops upon the base 71. for the braces t'. j'By rem'ovingthe thumb-screws g the said shelves, with the attached lazy-tongs, can be removed from thestandards c and, together with the said standards, can be packed or shipped in small compass.

The display-stand might also be used as a stepladder when made substantial or of stronger material. I

The lazy tongs connection enables the shelves to be adjusted, but still retain the I level, so as to properly support articles placed thereon.

The adjustment in height'or forward and backward or the distance between the shelves can be made to suit various articles or sizes. The jointed or collapsible supports shown are practical, but a swivel or other suitable support can be employed.

The thumb-screwarrangement g is practical for adjusting and also as a locking device for holding the parts adjusted or fixed in proper relative position.

A thumb-screw applied at g, as well as at g, enables the lazy-tongs when. suitably adjusted 'to be fixed in position. In addition a thumb-screw or lock-nut could be applied at each central joint of the lazy-tong series to secure a still more rigid'structure.

In addition to the shelves shown, intermediate or supplemental shelves can be secured or loosely placed on the projecting parts of the lazy-tongs, as shown at b.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A display-stand consisting of a base, a pair of standards, means for hinging the lower end of each of the standards to the base, a pair of lazy-tongs connected with the standards, connections between thesaid lazy-tongs to form shelves, means carried by the lazytongs for fixing them in position when extended or contracted, a pair of stops mounted upon the top of the base, a pair of braces hinged at their upper end to said standards and at their lower end adapted to engage the said stops, a pair of rods pivoted at their lower end to said standards and in their upper end provided with a slot, and means carried by the lazy-tongs and engaging in the IOC slots of the rods for adjustably connecting the latter to the lazy-tongs to support them when extended.

2. A display-stand consisting of a base, a pair of standards, each provided in the top thereof with a slot, a pair of lazy-tongs, connections between the said lazy-tongs to form shelves, a gndgeon connected to each of the lazy-tongs and adapted to be seated in the said slots in the standards to support the said tongs, means for hinging the lower end of each of the standards to the base, means carried by the lazy-tongs for fixing them in position when extended or contracted, a pair of stops mounted upon the top of the base, and

a pair of braces hinged at their upper end to said standards and at their lower end adapted to engage the said stops.

3. A display-stand consisting of a base, a

pair of standards each provided in the top thereof with a slot, a pair of lazy-tongs, connections between the said lazy-tongs to form shelves, a gudgeon connected to each of the to engage the said stops, and a pair of rods v pivoted at their lower end to said standards and at their upper end provided with a slot in which is adapted to engage said lazy-tongs to support the latter when extended.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY I. LURYE. MYRoN A. LURYE.

Witnesses:

CHAS. E. BOENSGEN, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

